Answer to "Exertion, so to speak" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SWEAT which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2015.

Exertion, so to speak crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SWEAT	67 %	5
ELBOWGREASE	33 %	11

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Exertion, so to speak

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• call
• overexertion
• violence
• mumble
• sputter
• manner
• sputtering
• happened
• harp
• like
• said
• sau

Crossword Answer definitions

SWEAT noun

1. Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.
2. The state of one who sweats; diaphoresis.
3. (especially WWI) A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
4. The sweating sickness.
5. Moisture issuing from any substance.
6. A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
7. Hard work; toil.

SWEAT verb

1. To emit sweat.
2. To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
3. To work hard.
4. To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
5. To worry.
6. To worry about (something).
7. To emit, in the manner of sweat.
8. To emit moisture.
9. To solder (a pipe joint) together.
10. To stress out.
11. To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content.
12. To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that the friction wears off a small quantity of the metal.
13. To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds.
14. To scrape the sweat from (a horse).

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result SWEAT

• One of a Churchillian quartet
• "No _____!"
• Hard work, metaphorically
• Tears' kin
• Worry excessively
• Have an anxiety attack
• Eccrine gland output
• Sign of stress
• Woodstock's Blood, __ & Tears
• Diaphoresis

More clues leading to the result ELBOWGREASE

• Oomph
• It's a lot of extra work
• Extra effort, figuratively
• Hard work
• Real effort
• It may be needed to get out a tough stain
• Vigorous effort
• *It may be used with a grunt or two
• Exertion, so to speak
• Effort